Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik announces manifesto committee

Women self-help groups (SHG) members and youth leaders have also been included in the panel.

Naveen Patnaik

BHUBANESWAR: BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced the party poll manifesto committee for the upcoming elections.

Senior party leader Bed Prakash Agarwal has been appointed as the chairperson of the committee, while Prasanna Acharya, Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, Mangala Kisan, Padmanav Behera and Kasturi Mohapatra were chosen as the Co-Chairpersons, informed sources.

Similarly, Ananga Udaya Singh Deo, Bhartruhari Mahtab, Achyuta Samanta, Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, Sanjay Das Burma, Arun Sahoo , Sudam Marandi, Ramesh Majhi, Subash Singh, Nalini Pradhan, Naba Das, Rabi Nanda have been appointed as members of the committee. Sources said a few leaders of the farmers’ community, women self-help groups (SHG) members and youth leaders have also been included in the panel.